The Battle of the Billionaires received’t be going down in a UFC Octagon.
Dana White, who had giddily deserted his earlier opposition to so-called ‘freak present’ fights as he regarded to advertise a battle in a UFC cage between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, instructed the media this week that the proposed showdown between the 2 Huge Tech giants is unlikely to be held within the UFC. Or, let’s face it, in any respect.
Earlier this summer time, a social media back-and-forth between Musk and Zuck led to recommendations of a blended martial arts battle between the 2. Fb creator Zuckerberg, who truly trains in blended martial arts, appeared sport however Musk proved to be a bit of harder to nail down, citing the requirement of surgical procedure earlier than he might compete.
And after beforehand referring to the potential bout as “the most important battle ever within the historical past of the world,” Dana White seems to be to have misplaced hope.
“I by no means say by no means, however in all probability not,” White mentioned to Outkick, through MMA Fighting.
“Hear, I like each guys,” White defined. “One of many issues that I strive to not do is choose individuals by — I don’t wish to be judged by my politics. I’m a believer in what I consider in, and there’s sure issues that I really feel a sure approach about, and I don’t choose individuals by theirs.
“I don’t know precisely the place all these guys stand. I don’t get into that. How I choose individuals is how they’re with me, and the way we work together with one another.
“So I like Mark loads, and I like Elon. Let me let you know who would win in that battle can be no matter charities have been picked to donate the cash to – they might be absolutely the winners, as a result of I feel that factor would do a billion {dollars} in income, they usually wished 90 p.c of the cash to go to charity. So it might have been the most important charity occasion ever held in historical past, particularly for one evening, and it might have helped lots of people.”
